This tutorial will create the background on this page and frame

an image in the style shown above.

You will need PSP7 ~ Get Trial Version

Filter Factory Gallery M  ~ Get it HERE

Variations Filter ~ Download ZIP

This tutorial uses PSP7 but should work with other versions.

All images used in this tutorial were created by PKDesigns

using tutorials listed at FlyByNightGraphics. (see link below)

transparent ~ fill with a

light color I used F7EFDD

Effects Plug-in FFG-M

Picasso's Last Word

Settings 91,61,63,3 Apply

Straw-wall

Use these settings

Click Ok

Effects/Adjust/Variations

Click Lighter 4 times

Click More Red 1 time

Click Darker 1 time

Click OK

Tool ~ Settings:

Left & Top 50

Right & Bottom 250

Click OK

with marching ants marque

Go to Selections

Convert to Seamless Pattern

You can save this new tile,

it is the bg for this page.

Use Variations to change

colors and have more.

Go to Effects/Reflections

Kaleidoscope and use these

settings: Number of Petals 10

all other settings 0

Save and use 20/20 or your

favorite seamless tile filter

and you get another bg :)

with matching colors Go to

Effects/Artistic/Brush Strokes

Settings: Length 15

Density 100, Bristles 71

Width 10, Opacity 25

Softness 0, Angle 309

Color Black

Apply this 2 times,use 20/20

to mute and tile.

These settings are from a

tutorial at:

FlyByNightGraphics

Sandie's Brushstroke Bg

to get side tracked when you

are playing !!

(AZ Kate's Simple Animation)

to remove the marching ants.

Open the image you want to

frame (no larger then 200x200)

Copy this image and paste as

new layer on the original

textured image. Use the Magic

Wand and click outside the

pasted image. Go to layer 1

Go to Effects/3D Effects

Inner Bevel and apply with

these settings. Deselect

at position 20,15 and drag

down to 260,265. Or adjust the

crop box to your liking but

make the texture a wide border.

Corp the image.

(Image made using Wildflower

tutorial at FBNGraphics)

color to compliment your image or

frame. I used the starting color

F7EFDD. Add a symmetric border

of 10. Select the border with the

Magic Wand tool and apply a Cutout

with these settings:  Vertical 6,

Horizontal 9, Opacity 60, Blur 20,

Shadow Black, Fill interior not

checked. Deselect   

Change the bg color to a color

to compliment your image or

frame. I used E5CFB7.  Add a

symmetric border of 15. Select

the border with the Magic Wand

tool.  Apply a texture of your

choice or no texture.

Deselect.

your choice of color.  Add a

symmetric border of 2.

Save in your format choice.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and found it useful.

It is my first one and probably the last *S*

This is way too much work ;)

I want to thank all the tutorial writers on the net

for sharing their talents and ideas and going to

all the work to create tutorials for all

us PSP tutorial addicts !!